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Dr George Opletal

Computational physicist

https://people.csiro.au/O/G/George-Opletal

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CLAYTON SOUTH VIC 3169 AUSTRALIA

Biography

George is an applied physicist involved in many aspect of computational modelling specializing in material design and analysis. These range from code development and application of Monte Carlo (MC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) based codes spanning a range of length domains from atomistic to coarse grained along with analysis and characterization. Application of Machine Learning in material design and process optimization is also a core interest of collaboration with industry and other researchers.

He is the principle developer of a variety of codes including Hybrid Reverse Monte Carlo (HRMC) which used to produce atomic models consistent with experimental data and empirical potentials, an MD coarse-grained code called Simulated Nanoparticle Assembly with Proto-particles (SNAP) used for nanoparticle aggregation modelling and a variety of analysis codes such as PorosityPlus, used to characterize porous materials.

Professional Areas

Fields of Research

Current

Current Roles

  • Computational physicist
    Scientific software development and applications

Academic Qualifications

  • 2000

    Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Physics)
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

  • 2006

    PhD (Applied Physics)
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Professional Experiences

  • 2007-2016

    Research Fellow
    Applied Physics, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

  • 2010-2011

    Research Fellow
    School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland

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